Setting program options

After you use Crystal Reports 2011 for a while, you might want to change some of the program's …default behaviors. …If that's the case, you can do so by changing the report's options. …In this movie, I am working with the FirstLook report, but you can work with any report that …you have, or even a blank report. …To change your program options, you can go under the File menu and click Options. …Doing so displays the Options dialog box. …All of the options that I am going to describe in this movie are available on the Layout tab.…

I will actually start in the second group, which is with Snap To Grid. …When you have the Snap To Grid option turned on, any objects such as shapes or headers …within the body of a report will move, but they will only more according to points on …a grid that are defined in the Grid Size value. …In this case, they are about 0.083 inches. …So, a very small grid, but even so, you don't have the full range of motion that would be …available if Snap To Grid were turned off.…

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5/31/2012

This course shows business analysts how to use SAP Crystal Reports 2011 to analyze and summarize data to make better decisions. Author Curt Frye teaches how to maximize the power of Crystal Reports and import and analyze data from a variety of places, including Excel, Access, HTML/XML files, and more. The course also shows you how to define and manage reports, summarize data, visualize data using charts, focus analysis by selecting which data a report summarizes, export report data, and connect to external data sources.